Information Literacy Center

You can research authors and their works, literary movements and genres.
Search across your library's Literature databases to find full text of
literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews,
biographical information and overviews.

Super search engine that combines the following Databases:

Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary
criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines,
from all time periods and from around the world. MLA
International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of
thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present,
linked to full text where available.

Delivers over 13,000 pro/con views, from capital punishment to stem
cells to texting-while-driving,. If you need articles for an argument or
position paper, points for a debate, or essays for a current events
report, Opposing Viewpoints in Context gathers these together for you from different sources including books, magazines, journals, and newspapers.

Social Studies

Databases/Sources:

From early topographical sketches and pioneers’ accounts, to photographs
of Buffalo Bill and his ‘Wild West’ stars, explore the fact and the
fiction of westward expansion in America from the early eighteenth to
the mid-twentieth century. Browse a wide range of rare and original
documents including printed books, journals, historic maps, broadsides,
periodicals, advertisements, photographs, artwork and more.

Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the
earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and
newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range
of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to
historic maps and travel journals.

A world-renowned independent research library in Chicago, the Newberry
offers readers an extensive noncirculating collection of rare books,
maps, music, manuscripts, and other printed material spanning six
centuries.

Housed under the EBSCO Database are the following databases:

Search or browse through more than 450,000 full-text biographies in over
thirty categories, including actors, authors, explorers, historical
figures, inventors, musicians, presidents of the United States,
scientists and many others.

Full text content of historical
documents, biographies of historical figures, photos, maps, video, and
other history reference materials.

Delivers over 13,000 pro/con views, from capital punishment to stem
cells to texting-while-driving,. If you need articles for an argument or
position paper, points for a debate, or essays for a current events
report, Opposing Viewpoints in Context gathers these together for you from different sources including books, magazines, journals, and newspapers.

Through the Student Research Center, users can pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day.

Articles, videos, images, current events, fact sheets. Includes up-to-date medical and health information on many topics, from alternative medicine to daily health care.

Merck Manual Home Health Handbook - For over a century, healthcare professionals have consulted the Merck
Manual for trusted, concise and correct discussions of diagnosis and therapy. Now this trusted medical information is available for home users, written in everyday language.

MedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it brings you information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.

FineArtsDatabase/Sources:

This collection provides multidisciplinary Latin American scientific,
academic, and general interest materials. It covers topics as varied as
politics, history, economics, humanities, health sciences, philosophy,
literature, science, technology and more. INFORME includes publications
from 14 countries as well as their most important regional newspapers.

This
site offers resources in Spanish for all ages in two unique interfaces,
each with its own comprehensive encyclopedia for high school ages and
up and Britannica Escolar Online for ages 6-12.

Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text
articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With
extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine,
social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects,
Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.

Son of Citation Machine helps students and professional researchers to properly credit the information that they use. Its primary goal
is to make it so easy for student researchers to cite their information
sources, that there is virtually no reason not to.

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing
resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free
service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the
community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many
writing projects.

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Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR'S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 10.21 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $110.50. Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability, or any other legally protected status in employment or provision of services, programs, or activities. View Nondiscrimination Policy English/Spanish El distrito escolar de Harlingen no discrimina en base a raza, color, origen de nacionalidad, edad, religión, sexo, discapacidad, o cualquier otro estado legalmente protegido en el empleo o en la prestación de servicios, programas o actividades.